“The meaning of Vietnam”: Political rhetoric as revisionist cultural history
- 1 February 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Quarterly Journal of Speech
- Vol. 78 (1) , 61-79
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00335639209383981
Abstract
Secretary of State George P. Shultz delivered a speech entitled “The Meaning of Vietnam” in April 1985. This essay suggests that Shultz's address provides an excellent case study for examining the rhetorical demands facing a politician offering a revisionist perspective on cultural history, potentially useful strategies for meeting those demands, and an opportunity to see how a troublesome past can be reframed to make it more “useful” in the present.Keywords
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